Laundry-cabinet.



J. B. JOHNSON.

LAUNDRY CABINET.

APPLICATION FiLED MAR,29, 191's im'entd Sept. 3, 19.18.

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APPUCATION mm MAR. 29. 1918.

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JANE/V7177? L/m/MELJm/mu/v k f" r 15? F Q JOHN BJORN JOHNSON, 0FEDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA.

LAUNDRY-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented depth, 3 tlll&

Application filed March 29, 1918. Serial No. 225,494.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that 1. JOHN BJORK JOHN- mm. a subject of the King of GreatBritain, and resident of the city of Edmonton, in the Province ofAlberta and Dominion of Canada. have invented certain new and uset'ulimprovements in Laundry-Cabinets, of \vihch thet'ollowing is aspecification.

This invention relates to improven'ients in laundry cabinets. and theobjects of the invention are to provide a combined ironing board anddrying; rack together with elec-.

trical connections for an iron. in such a manner that the drying'rackand ironing board can be readily folded into the cabinet, thus occupyinga minimum or space when not in commission. to provide means ofsuspending or attaching the cabinet to a wall so that the use of a tableis not necessary when using; the cabinet. and generally to adapt theseveral parts to better perform the functions re quired of them.

With the above and other objects in view,

the invention consists essentially of the inn proved constructionparticularly described and set forthin the following specification andaccompanying drawings forming partv ot' the same.

in the drawings:

l igure l is a perspective view of the improved cabinet with one of theside walls broken away. showing the drying rack and ironing board inopen position ready for use.

Fig. '2 is a vertical section of the improved cabinet.

l i r. 3 is a transverse section of ldig'. 2.

Like characters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

ltet'erring to the drawings, A represents the improved cabinet which. inthe embodiment illustrated. is substantially rectangular with the back10 extending above the top wall and provided with an oritice H by meansof which the cabinet may be suspended from a suitable hanging means on awall,

This cabinet is divided into two compartments l2 and 13 by thetransversely (tenth int: wall l-i. the lower coinpartnien be inn; linedwith a heat resisting material and designed to hold an electric iron.

hinged door and front ed side walls oi? the cabinet are shown at 16,while the edge of the door adjacent to the hinges is also notched asshown at 17.

In the upper compartment 12. a drying rack 18 is provided comprising apair 0t spaced members 19 and 20 adapted to embrace and pivotallysupport a plurality of drying rods 21, the last said plate beingembraced by a tel-shaped bracket the free ends of which are pivotallyattached to a transversely extending rod secured to the side walls ofthe cabinet.

This bracket is connected at the "front end to the side arms of a bail2-}. the transverse arm ot which is provided with an ottset portion withwhich the upper end of the rod 26 pivotally engages, the said rod beingslidably supported in a bracket :27 mounted on the rear wall of thecasing.

The lower end of the rod is oti 'set as shown at 28 and passes betweentwo angle brackets 29 which are arranged in alinement so that theseangle b'ackets act as a further guide means and prevent any lateraldisplacement or the said rod.

In the lower end of the compartment 12. an ironing board 30 isvpivotallysupported and consists olf two sections 31 and 2-3:. connected by ahinge the section being pivotally attached to the transvers tending rodof the casing.

The section 31 is also provided wi h an iron-stand 35 consisting" ofasbestos heat resisting material which is as position by a suitabletraineworlt o't i and the two sections of the irornin l are coveredWit-ll canvas or padded other suitable manner.

the the back wall ot' the casing. socket 3b is provided to which it areoperatively attached and may be desit ,d to he can:

"7 in a secured to lateral walls own on on which t rse rests so that anywear due 2 e V 1' it or the said had he 7 it 1 t Ullt till rods 21 arel'n a horizontal position, the side rods will, when rotated in ahorizontal plane engage with the recesses 16 in the side wall of thecabinet and one of the said rods will also engage with the recess 17 inthe door 15.

The ironing board is now rotated about the hinge pin 3% and the innerend of the section 31 engages with and abuts the angle brackets 29 andalso the offset end 28 of the rod 26.

The section 32 is now rotated in a vertical plane until it lies in ahorizontal position with the section 31 in which position it issupported.

The iron may now be attached to the socket 36 and when the wires 37 areconnected to a light socket the operation of ironing may be comn'ienced.

As the several articles are ironed they may be hung over the drying rods14: to air.. When the ironing board i in a horizontal position, the rack18 is maintained also in a horizontal position even although the siderods become disengaged from the slots 16.

After the ironing has been completed, the iron is disconnected andplaced in the compartment 13 and the section 32 of the ironing boardfolded on top of the section 31, whereupon the drying rods '21 of therack ltt are rotated so that their points are in close proximity to eachother. thus freeing the side rods from the recesses 16 and 17 in thewall of the cabinet and the door.

Un the ironing board'being rotated about the rod 34', therack 15% willimmediately rotate about the rod 23 and so become located entirelywithin the 'abinet in front of the folded ironing board.

lFrom this description it will be seen that l have invented a cabinetwhich can be adrantageously utilized in households, apartments and likeplaces and in which the severallparts of the device; can beg quicklyarranged for use, while. when the cabinet is not in commission theseveral parts can be stored therein and so make a compact ar rangementwhich will not occupy too much valuable space.

As many changes could be made in the above con 'ruction andv manyapparently widely different ei'nbodiments of my inyention within thescope of the claims, con structed without. dcpartii from the. spirit orscope thereof. it is inteiuled that all matter contained in theaecon'ipanying specilieaarmac tion and drawings shall be interpreted asillustrative and not in a limiting sense.

hat I claim as my invention is:

1. A laundry cabinet of the class described comprising a casing, acollapsible ironing board in the casing, and a drying rack above thecasing, and means controlled by the said ironing board when open tomaintain the. drying rack in open position.

2. A laundry cabinet of the class described, comprising a casing. acollapsible ironing board pivotally supported in the casing, a dryingrack pivotally supported in the casing to fold downwardly, and meanscarried by the drying rack adapted to be engaged with the ironing boardwhen opened to hold the rack in raised position.

3. it. laundry cabinet of the class described. comprising a casing. acollapsible ironing board pivotally supported in the casing. a bracketcarried by the casing adapted to engage the inner end of the ironingboard when open. a collapsible drying rack pivotally supported to folddownwardly in the casing, and controlling means for the drying rackadapted to engage with the ironing board when open.

4. A laundry cabinet of the class described, comprising a casing closedwith a hinged door. the edges of the lateral Walls of the casing havingrecesses therein, a collapsible ironing board pivotally mounted in theeasing and a drying rack pivotally mounted in the casing having sidemembers adapted to engage with the said recesses and supporting meansadditional to said recesses con trolled by the. lnovei'nent of theironing board. I a

59A laundry cabinet of the class described. con'lprising a casing, acollapsible ironing board pivotally mounted in the casing, a collapsibledrying rack pivotally mounted in the casing. a bail carried by thedrying rack and a. rod connected with the bail having an olt'setenddesigned to engage with the ironing board when open whereby the movementof the ironing board to open position moves the drying rack to openposition.

lln Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twoWitnesses.

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it i tnesses Giants il'ormoorn, Homer.

